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Historical Event on 8/8/1946

India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
4/14/1916Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.